Recreational Coordinator- The Kensington Family Shelter

Who We Are: CAMBA is a community of staff, volunteers, clients, donors, neighbors and partners who work together to build an inclusive New York City, where all children and adults have access to the resources and supports they need to thrive.  We take a comprehensive approach by offering more than 180 integrated programs in:  Education & Youth Development, Family Support, Job Training & Employment Support Services, Health, Housing, and Legal Services. We reach more than 72,000 individuals and families each year at our 100 locations, including 10,000 youth.  CAMBA serves a diverse cross section of New Yorkers from new mothers in Brownsville to job seekers in the Rockaways. More than half of our clients are immigrants and refugees from around the globe. Over 85% of our families live in poverty, reflecting the challenges faced by nearly 1.7 million New Yorkers today.


CAMBA operates six transitional housing facilities for families with children experiencing homelessness funded by New York City Department of Homeless Services. Each facility offers clients a supportive, structured, therapeutic, safe, and drug-free environment. We provide comprehensive case management and housing placement services to ensure that families move to permanent housing as quickly as possible. Recreation and evidence-based programming is also available to enhance the services to the families, school aged children as well for parenting support and support to young adults. 


Position: Recreational Coordinator
Reports To: Director of Social Services
Location: The Kensington Family Shelter

What The Recreational Coordinator Does:
The person filling this position is expected, under general direction, to ensure the smooth day-to-day running and supervision of recreational program staff and services in accordance with program goals, targets, and performance outcomes and all CAMBA and program policies, procedures, and protocols; including the following:


What Does a/the Recreation Coordinator Do: 

• Maintain professional relationships with clients and client confidentiality. 

• Practice Universal Precautions/Standard Protocol & Procedures. 

• Comply with any and all Federal, State, City and CAMBA security and privacy polices intended to protect the security and privacy of individually identifiable health information.  

• Organize and lead recreational/ADL activities to enhance the social development of individual group members. 

• Facilitate and/or teach physical education, arts, music, or drama. 

• Plan and organize activities to maximize program contract's goals and performance targets. 

• Plan and organize activities within the facility and the community including volunteers, to maximize the program contract’s goals and performance targets. 

• Plan, coordinate and facilitate social/peer support events, including group facilitation for clients. 

• Design and produce aesthetic visuals for public spaces of the shelter which reflect cultural, seasonal and programmatic themes. 

• Maintain and post a weekly and/or monthly calendar of all client programmatic activities occurring internally and externally. 

• Input client data using the DHS CARES database, as needed. 

• Escort clients, as needed. 

• Communicate effectively with clients, direct reporting staff, peers, supervisors, and funders. 

• Encourage teamwork among direct reporting staff as well as among peers. 

• Troubleshoot client and direct reporting staff problems and make decisions in accordance with program policies, procedures, and protocols.  

• Work with direct reporting staff to improve work performance through client feedback, training, weekly documentation of one-on-one supervision of staff. 

• Motivate, coach and counsel direct reporting staff to excel. 

• Overcome resistance to change from clients, direct reporting staff, and supervisors/funders. 

• Administer constructive discipline to direct reporting staff, as needed. 

• Manage own time effectively and coordinate program activities to maximize time of direct reporting staff. 

• Monitor clients' progress toward their goals and document via progress notes. 

• Lead and participate in administrative